Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A display system, comprising a frequency generator; an emissive body, receiving drive from said frequency generator, and emitting light over a surface as part of a display system, said emissive body including a control that controls a color temperature of its light output between multiple different color temperatures, by changing a frequency emitted by the frequency generator, where the frequency of the frequency generator changes a white balance of the light output; and a spatial light modulator, having multiple individual controllable pixels, said multiple pixels being illuminated by said emissive body, and said pixels each modulating the light from said emissive body.
2. The display system as in claim 1 , wherein said emissive body is separated into multiple zones on said surface, each zone being controllable to emit separately and to have a separate color temperature control for each said zone.
3. The display system as in claim 2 , wherein each zone on said surface being separately controllable to control light output from said zone, where each said zone is separated from an adjacent zone by an insulating part on a first layer of said emissive body.
4. The display system as in claim 3 wherein said emissive body is connected to an adjacent zone by a common substrate on a second layer of said emissive body.
5. The display system as in claim 4 , wherein the common substrate is a front panel.
6. The display system as in claim 4 , wherein the common substrate is a back panel.
7. The display system as in claim 2 , wherein said emissive body is divided into 24 said zones.
8. The display system as in claim 1 , wherein said emissive body emits light from both front and back.
9. The display system as in claim 1 , wherein said spatial light modulator is liquid crystal, forming a liquid crystal display.
10. The display system as in claim 9 , wherein the display system is a television.
11. This display system as in claim 9 wherein the display system is in a portable computer.
12. The display system as in claim 11 , wherein said portable computer is one of a tablet, cell phone, or PDA.
13. The display system as in claim 9 wherein said spatial light modulator is composed of elements that are one of: TFT, VA, IPS, IGZO or an electrowetting display.
14. The display system as in claim 1 , wherein the display system receives and displays digital information from a digital stream of digital content, and further comprising a white balance control that examines data in the digital stream and sets the frequency of the frequency generator based on the data in the digital stream.
15. The display system as in claim 14 , wherein the white balance control sets white balance only for red and blue pixels, but not for green pixels.
16. A method of displaying, comprising operating a frequency generator to output a frequency that causes a surface of an emissive body to emit light at a frequency that is based on the frequency of the frequency generator; changing the frequency of the frequency generator to change and control a color temperature of light output from the emissive body between multiple different color temperatures; and illuminating a spatial light modulator with said light output, and separately controlling multiple individual controllable pixels of the color temperature.
17. The method as in claim 16 , wherein said emissive body emits light from both front and back.
18. The method as in claim 16 , wherein said emissive body is separated into multiple zones on said surface, and controlling each zone to emit separately and to have a separate color temperature control for each said zone.
19. The method as in claim 18 , wherein said emissive body is divided into 24 said zones, and further comprising controlling separately a color temperature of each of said zones.
20. This method as in claim 19 wherein the displaying is carried out in a portable computer.
21. The method as in claim 20 , wherein said portable computer is one of a tablet, cell phone, or PDA.
22. The method as in claim 16 , wherein the displaying is carried out in a television.
23. The method as in claim 16 further comprising receiving digital information from a digital stream of digital content, and displaying an output that is based on said digital content, and further comprising using a circuit for examining data in the digital stream and setting the frequency of the frequency generator based on the data in the digital stream.
24. The method as in claim 23 , further comprising using the white balance control to set white balance only for red and blue pixels, but not for green pixels.
25. A display system, comprising a frequency generator; an emissive body, having plural separately controllable zones, each of which are controlled separately, to emit light having a separately controllable color temperature, where each said zone is separated from an adjacent zone by an insulating part on a first layer of said emissive body, and is connected to said adjacent zone by a common substrate on a second layer of said emissive body; a spatial light modulator, controlled modulating the light from each of said zones of said emissive body to create a display; and a controller, receiving drive from said frequency generator, and that controls the color temperature of each said zone by changing a frequency emitted by the frequency generator, where the frequency of the frequency generator changes a white balance of a light output from one of said zones, and where the controller also controls a modulation by said spatial light modulator overlying that zone, in order to create a display using controlling of color temperatures of said zones and also controlling driving of said spatial light modulator.
26. The display system as in claim 25 , wherein said emissive body is divided into 24 said zones.
27. The display system as in claim 25 , wherein the common substrate is a back panel.
28. The display system as in claim 25 , wherein the common substrate is a front panel.
29. The display system as in claim 25 , wherein said spatial light modulator is liquid crystal, forming a liquid crystal display.
30. The display system as in claim 29 , wherein the display system is a television.
31. This display system as in claim 29 wherein the display system is in a portable computer.
32. The display system as in claim 31 , wherein said portable computer is one of a tablet, cell phone, or PDA.
33. The display system as in claim 29 wherein said spatial light modulator is composed of elements that are one of: TFT, VA, IPS, IGZO.
34. The display system as in claim 25 , wherein the display system receives and displays digital information from a digital stream of digital content, and further comprising a white balance control that examines data in the digital stream and sets the frequency of the frequency generator based on the data in the digital stream.
35. The display system as in claim 34 , wherein the white balance control sets white balance only for red and blue pixels, but not for green pixels.
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March 24, 2015
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